This is an intricate jar by Dextra Quotskuyva.  She is certainly one of the great innovators among Hopi-Tewa potters.  Her work began with more classic imagery and then has evolved over the years to more unique and stylized designs. This piece is from the late 1980’s, which can be see in the color of the red clay, as well as her signature.  The jar is a classic Hopi shape with a high shoulder and a slight neck.  The inside of the neck is a matte red. The outside is fully polished and there are four moths as the design. Each moth has very intricate fineline hatchwork wings.  The wings are also a polished red clay slip.  The remainder of each moth is very delicately painted with thin lines.  The jar is traditionally fired so that there are blushes and color variations around the surface.  It is signed on the bottom with bee-weed, “Detra” with an ear of corn representing the Corn Clan.   The jar is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  Dextra has been the subject of a retrospective of her pottery at the Museum of Indian Art and Culture called, “Painted Perfection“.